Folding caster.



B. P. PERRY.

FOLDING GASTER'. APPLIGATION FILED MAY 16, 1912,

Patented July 23, 1912.

mwueaaw 'suchas will enable t .same This invention UN D T S PA T QFFIcE.

BENJAMIN F. PERRY, or nnwoon, INDIANA.

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To all whom it may concern;

a citizen of the United States, residing at wood, in the county of Madison and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Im clear, and exact descrigtion fof the invention, to which it appertains to make and use the relates to improvements in-folding casters.

. One object of the'inve'ntion is to provide a folding caster designed particularly for use on theslegs of stoves or other heavy objectsl which are only occasionally moved.

Another object is to provide a caster of i the character described having .an improved .the object, whereby, the casteris firmly held.

means for attaching the same to the leg of in both an operative and inoperative, posi- 1011.

of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and particularry pointed out in the appended of whichand at an equal distance from its lower end is formed an apertured bearinglug 2. Also formed on the inner side of the leg below the lug 2 and at a short distance above the lowerend of the leg is a lower caster retaining lug 3. Also formed on the inner side of the legabove the. lug 2 and spaced the same distance therefrom as the lower retaining lug 3 'is an upper caster retaining lug 4. To the lug 2 is pivotally connected the bifurcated upper-end of a caster standard 5 to the lower end of which is swiveleda head 6 havin thereon parallel apertured ears 7 in w 'ich is revolubl mounted the caster wheel or roller'8. It wi 1 be noted 1) reference to Fig. 1 that the head 6 is forme a a slight angle to overcome the angular position of the standard 5 when swung down to an operative pos tion in the App1ica tion filed sam @9121 jea in. 697,810.

rovenients in Folding Casters;v and I do eclarethe following to be a full,

ers skilled in the art 1 war-(11y, the slot 9 in the standard is pro- With these and other objects in View, the invention consists of certain novel features,

v leg holding thewheelor roller 8 per-- Be 1t lmown that I, BENJAMIN PERRY,:

pendicular with thefloororsurface with which the same is engaged.

In the "standard 5gat a suitable distance from the pivotal connection thereof. with the lug 2 is a slot 9.which .when the standard is swung'do'wnwardlyto bring theroller to an operative position is a apted toi'eceive the retaining lug. 3 w

ich projects entirely throughthe standar as shown. Adapted to,be engaged with the projecting end of the lug 3 is a cotter pin or' other suitable fastenin 10 which is adapted to hold the standar 5 in engagement with the lug thereby holding the roller in'yposition to support the stove an'dto permit the latter to be readilylmoved from place to place. When not in use the standard 5 and roller or caster 8 are adapted to be folded upwardly within the upper portion of the leg and to an out of the way'position as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 and when thus swung upjected into engagement with the upper reis' held by means of a cotter pin or other suitable fastening 11 which is inserted throu h the projecting outer end of the lug "By' constructing and arranging my improved caster as herein shown and described,

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8 0 taining lug 4 in which position the standard 7 it will be seen that when it" is desired to .move the object to which the same is ,ap-.

plied, itis simply necessary to lift first one end and then theother of the object to a suili'cient extent to permitthe standards 5 -.of the rollers-to be swun down to operative positions and. fastened 1n the manner ,described, whereupon, the object may be rolled to thedesired position'after which the ends.

"are again lifted and the standards swung upwardly and fastened in inoperative ositions, whereupon; the supporting legso the object will be engaged-' with the. floor. While Ihave herein shown and described the easter as being applied to a stove'leg, it will be obvious that the same may be'applied to articles of furniture orotherobjects. i I

From the foregoing descript on, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation'ofthe invention will be readily understmd without requiring a more extended ex .nation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resortedfto without departing from the vprinciple or sacrificing any of the advantages .of this invention, as defined in the appended claim.

Havin thus what I c aim is: The combination with a supporting leg having thereon an apertured bearing lug and upper and lower standard retaining lugs, of a caster standard pivotally condescribed my invention,

nected at its inner end to said bearing lugand having therein a slot adapted to be brought into engagement with said retaining lugs when said standard is swung t0 operative and-inoperative positions, leg fastening pin adapted tobetenga gred with said 15 rnykhand in presence of two subscribing wit-' nesses. g r I I 1 hi BENJAMIN F. 2 PERRY. v 1 Witnesses mm f M, E. BEHYMER, HAZE BEHYMER.

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